The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXI
LABOR

Chapter 447
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS

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F.S. 447.303

447.303 Dues; deduction and collection.—

(1) Except as authorized in subsection (2) or subject to a waiver granted pursuant to s. 447.207(12)(a), an employee organization that has been certified as a bargaining agent may not have its dues and uniform assessments deducted and collected by the employer from the salaries of those employees in the unit. A public employee may pay dues and uniform assessments directly to the employee organization that has been certified as the bargaining agent.

(2)(a) An employee organization that has been certified as a bargaining agent to represent law enforcement officers, correctional officers, or correctional probation officers as those terms are defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), or (3), respectively, or firefighters as defined in s. 633.102 has the right to have its dues and uniform assessments deducted and collected by the employer from the salaries of those employees who authorize the deduction and collection of said dues and uniform assessments. However, such authorization is revocable at the employee’s request upon 30 days’ written notice to the employer and employee organization. Said deductions shall commence upon the bargaining agent’s written request to the employer.

(b) Reasonable costs to the employer of said deductions is a proper subject of collective bargaining.

(c) Such right to deduction, unless revoked under s. 447.507, is in force for so long as the employee organization remains the certified bargaining agent for the employees in the unit.

(3) The public employer is expressly prohibited from any involvement in the collection of fines, penalties, or special assessments.

History.—s. 3, ch. 74-100; s. 10, ch. 77-343; s. 3, ch. 2023-35.

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Amendments to 447.303

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 447.303

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 447.303.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

CITY OF TALLAHASSEE, v. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RELATIONS COMMISSION,, 410 So. 2d 487 (Fla. 1981)

. . . .-203(3), 447.209, 447.303, 447.307(3)(b), 447.-401, and 447.509), the City argues that under the district . . .

SCHOOL BOARD OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY v. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RELATIONS COMMISSION, 350 So. 2d 819 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977)

. . . The complaint only alleged that the Board refused to deduct dues as required by Section 447.303, Florida . . . implement dues deductions in the absence of a collective bargaining contract, contending that Section 447.303 . . . In 1977 the legislature amended Section 447.303, and it is now perfectly clear that dues deductions shall . . .